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Definition of Porous in English :

1. porous

able to absorb fluids

Example Sentences:
'the partly porous walls of our digestive system'
'compacting the soil to make it less porous'

2. poriferous, porous

full of pores or vessels or holes

3. holey, porous

allowing passage in and out

Example Sentences:
'our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Porous

adjective

1.

permeable to water, air, or other fluids

2. biology, geology

having pores; poriferous

3.

easy to cross or penetrate

the porous border into Thailand

the most porous defence in the league

adjective

full of pores, through which fluids, air, or light may pass

adj.

1. Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores or interstices.

2. Easily crossed or penetrated: a porous border.